In The News

With our online and offline lives becoming increasingly blurred, it is critical that individuals and organizations are equipped with tools and strategies for protecting their online space. The speakers below open our eyes to the vulnerabilities in our interconnected cyber world and empower audiences to take control of their security.

"The Education of David Hogg" BY CHARLOTTE ALTER, TIME MAGAZINE | A lot has changed since I first met DAVID HOGG in 2018. He has a beard now, and a girlfriend. He’s about to be a senior at Harvard, studying the history of conservative political movements. His face has lost what little roundness it had. There’s a new President, and a new party in control of Congress. He’s in therapy these days. At the same time, so much has not changed. In the four years since Hogg and his friends in Parkland, Fla., launched the March for Our Lives movement, there have been at least 611 incidents of gunfire on school grounds, according to Everytown for Gun Safety. Firearm-related deaths have overtaken auto accidents as the leading cause of death for children in the United States.

APB speaker Kelly Corrigan, host of PBS’ hit series Tell Me More With Kelly Corrigan was recently featured in USA Today. The article focuses on Corrigan’s views on vulnerability to talking to Melinda French Gates about everything but her divorce to Corrigan’s complete and total love of learning.  

American democracy is at a crossroads and it's time to decide who we are as a nation. Written and narrated by APB exclusive speaker, award-winning author and Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr., History is US is a six-part audio documentary about race and the history of the United States produced and directed by C13Originals that asks questions about who we are as a nation, and what race might reveal about our current crisis.

Juneteenth (short for June 19th) marks the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans throughout Texas learned that they were free—news that took approximately two months after the Confederate surrender of the Civil War and two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation to reach them.  As our nation recognizes the legacy of Juneteenth during a time of heightened consciousness over pervasive racism and persecution in our nation, we urge everyone to continue to do their part in igniting change.

Russian journalist and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dmitry Muratov has been named to Time magazine’s TIME100 Most Influential People List for 2022. Muratov was recognized in the Icons category.

In the wake of the recent mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, members of March for Our Lives, a youth-led organization dedicated to eliminating the epidemic of gun violence, are urging people to join them in a protest on Saturday in Washington D.C. and across the nation. The group’s aim is to implore Congress to pass universal background checks.

June marks the beginning of LGBTQ+ Pride Month! As we honor this month, and celebrate diversity and individuality, we invite you to check out some of our leading voices from the LGBTQ+ community:

We all want to experience life satisfaction and emotional health. But getting to that place is another matter. From lockdowns to isolation, ongoing racial injustice to political turmoil, lost lives and lost jobs, these past couple of years have tested our minds and bodies in profound ways. In what has quickly become an incredibly popular podcast, "Addy Hour," hosted by APB exclusive speaker Dr. Nii Addy, explores topics at the intersection of brain science, mental health, faith, culture and social justice.

APB speaker Vaclav Smil, a renowned expert on energy, environment, food and technical advances, was recently featured in The New York Times Magazine. The Q&A article focused on Smil’s view on climate change and how climate activists need “to get real.” Smil argues that the goal set at last fall’s 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference to reduce carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 is unrealistic. “This is undoable because there’s just eight years left, and emissions are still rising,” Smil says in the article. “People don’t appreciate the magnitude of the task and are setting up artificial deadlines which are unrealistic.”